International Women’s Day

By Jenna Jolie

International Women’s Day has a long history dating back more than 100 years. In 1908, when 15,000 women protested in New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay, and voting rights. A year later, on 28th February 1909, the Socialist Party of America celebrated the first National Woman's Day.

The idea of having an international day for women was suggested by Clara Zetkin – a German activist for women’s rights in 1910 at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. There were 100 women from many countries around the world had agreed to her suggestion at that conference. A year later, in 1911, the 8th of March was first celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. In 1917, Russian women protested for ‘Bread and Peace’ on the 8th of March (on the Gregorian calendar) in the capital of the Russian Empire, Petrograd. This later marked the beginning of the February Revolution and the October Revolution made up the Russian Revolution.

In 1975, the United Nations officially recognized the 8th of March as International Women’s Day making the day celebrated annually worldwide to honor the achievements of women and promote women's rights as well as gender parity.

With family, this meaningful day is also a chance for family members to show their love and appreciation to those women who are wives, mothers, and sisters for all the incredible things they have done for the family as well as society.

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The program will end on March 31st, 2020.